Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 6 104 115
Bald Eagle 6 93 101
Northern Harrier 4 42 43
Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 428 434
Cooper's Hawk 8 36 38
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 12
Broad-winged Hawk 780 11090 11114
Red-tailed Hawk 0 21 23
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 50 54
Merlin 0 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 1 3 4
Unknown Accipiter 1 8 8
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 9
Total: 848 11913 11973
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Matt Orsie, Peter Deahl
Visitors:
Jeff Millington, Jonathan Barnes and friend
Weather:
Hot, humid, light wind, and stinkbug rich.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
The number of stinkbugs was very annoying and would be enough to keep most
sane people off the ridge.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
